She stored it all at a Public Storage Center in Lisle, thinking it'd be protected. But she says moisture getting into the unit over the course of several months slowly ruined her furniture.

“Everything that we had worked for our entire lives was destroyed,” Maggie said.

She thought her homeowners insurance policy would cover her, so she bypassed the offer from public storage. But the insurance company says they were out of luck.

“They told us that because the mold happened over time, and it wasn't an immediate catastrophic thing…they wouldn't cover it. It wasn't one of the 17 perils that they covered under their policy. So we just felt trapped. And helpless,” Maggie said.

Now, the family is slowing putting their home together with new furniture, new memories and a hard lesson learned.

“I don't ever want anybody else to go through what we went through,” Maggie said.

FOX 32 reached out to public storage for comment, but haven't heard back.